This is hands down the most horrible place I have ever worked. Management there is vindictive, manipulative, bullying and engages in setting people up for failure. Every day was a game of watching your back as fellow employees were very passive-aggressive in the truest sense of this overused term. Age discrimination is rampant here, and bulling by fellow employees goes unchallenged. Don't bother with Human Resources, they are part of the problem.

Leadership does not support or acknowledge employees. Employees care greatly for patients yet this is not recognized or valued by leadership. The CNO is absent and did not provide any leadership to any member of the nursing staff.

Working in the lab, most days only go for eight hours. Overtime is occasionally needed. Management has recently changed and the culture has changed with it, It is becoming increasingly like a corporation.

This organization is very corporate and impersonal. They don't really care about their employees. Management is inconsistent and you never know exactly what is expected. Turn over rate is very, very high.

I enjoyed working at NJH and loved the culture. It was sometimes difficult to understand the direction and seemed there was always a shortage of funds. We were told to do more with less, which lead to a challenging environment.

The labs were unique in their offered test menu and their support to research. Truly a joy for intellectual stimulation and challenge. Did not always support the laboratory services comensorate with the contribution the departments were making. Amazing scientific directors in each of the 10 labs.

ProsHelp patients with very difficult conditions that have not been successfully treated elsewhere. Good research. Benefits are basic, not great and medical limited to Kaiser.

ConsA toxic work environment among marketing and development where most lower level employees feel uncomfortable, unappreciated, and undervalued. Upper management, VPs and CEO, have subtle forms of poor communication, setting people up for failure, mismanagement, missed deadlines and an air of hostility.

Uninspired management, no sense of teamwork.

Arrogant, paternalistic work culture. If you like being bullied, marginalized, manipulated and lied to by managers this is the place for you. Managers are not held accountable for their behavior, and employees are always blamed if there are any issues. Human Resources is very non-responsive.

Pros

Help patients with very difficult conditions that have not been successfully treated elsewhere, Good research, Benefits are basic, not great and medical limited to Kaiser

National Jewish needs to rebalance their philosophy. Science was the heart in National Jewish, but now clinical is weighing more than science. Partially because of shortage of government funding. That is a big environment in US, in science. But in local small environment, CEO dislikes science. Science costs too much and science cannot generate revenue. But in long run, without support from science, National Jewish will become a normal hospital.

The ADx laboratories are overall a negative work environment. Easily more than half of the employees are unhappy. It is a shame since this is the “leading respiratory hospital” in the US but at the rate it is going, at least with the laboratories, I can’t see how they will manage to stay afloat.

Pros

Benefits are good, passionate researchers, flexible work hours for the most part, resume boost

Cons

Negative work environment, favoritism, poor poor management, under staffing, pay is 80% of average, zero staff appreciation, positions continuously are dissolved, work load expectations are left at the same level for the few that haven’t quit yet

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Housekeeper (Former Employee) – Denver, CO – August 2, 2018

Well, when the census in the hospitals is high, there are more work. I like that, why, because the time is gone fast. To pick up trash, clean doctors offices, bathrooms, clean waiting areas, front desk, give high dusting, mopping and dusting is exciting for me.

Thank you for your service to the institution. National Jewish Health has a long history of being a nonprofit organization in the Denver community and we value our employees and their work-life balance.